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Don’t look for a change in Jerry Jones’ role

Since so many of you asked during the in-game chat about Jerry Jones’ level of culpability in this 1-7 season, I asked the owner and GM after the game if his role would be up for debate at some point as he considers changes.

As he did when asked about Wade Phillips’ future Jones did not want to comment, but added: “Don’t imply there that my role is going to change at all. Don’t do that. You’ll get something stuck.”

Does that sound like a guy willing to give up the GM’s role?

Jones, however, implied that he believes there is talent here. Just how much is not evident based on the record, but Jones said he will take a long-term view of what has gone on and how best to fix it.

“At least a long enough term to think about what we’ll be doing next year, but we have seven, eight games left this year and certainly I don’t want to waste one series or one quarter,” Jones said. “But I should and do in my role look at certainly the long term if you want to quantify it as the next couple two, three years. We’ve got some players in here that are in the prime times of their careers and I want the most out of them for the team and our fans.”